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Informing Choices Mini-Pod

With exponential change driving an uncertain and complex future, considering how megatrends, trends, weak signals, and wild cards could impact life, society, and business is becoming crucial to developing insight to the future, but also to reinforcing our organisations’ agility and resilience. This is a podcast designed to provide insight to how we make sense of a radically different tomorrow by exploring "the future of" different topics. Podcast host Steve Wells talks to domain experts and

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00:02:52

2023 Developments We’ll Look Back on in 2033 -...

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2023/01/02

We often see news items concerning the development of new technologies such as AI, machine learning, augmented and virtual reality, and the metaverse and their potential future deployment. The implications across enterprise and our private lives are often uncertain and depending on one’s point of view represent a possible journey to dystopia or utopia. The journey can be framed as a conflict as humanity versus technology, or an opportunity to achieve super abundance. But which technologies, ideas,

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00:18:22

The Future of Christmas with Steve Wells and Friends

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/12/17

Here’s a question: How has the way you plan to spend Christmas this year, changed from 10 or 20 years ago, and how might it change in the future? Last year, together with six futurists, we explored how Christmas and the holiday season more broadly might change in the future, and we are going to tap into their ideas again for this festive episode of the Informing Choices Mini-Pod. The combination of social, technological, and environmental trends in particular are driving change in everyday life,

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00:15:28

Metaverse and the Future of Play with Alexandra...

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/12/06

* Editorial problem with this episode resolved - 12th December. Apologies for any inconvenience. * The idea of the metaverse is of an iteration of the Internet as a single, universal, and immersive virtual world that is facilitated by the use of virtual reality and augmented reality devices. Right now, it might be more accurate to describe it as a network of 3D virtual worlds focused on social connection. There are plenty of ideas about what the metaverse might be in the future; how it might evolve

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00:10:27

The World Cup in 2038 with Steve Wells

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/11/20

With the football World Cup in Qatar upon us, I was reflecting on how new technologies and other drivers of change might impact on how the game is refereed and how tournaments - such as the World Cup - are managed and the criteria for host bids considered. And could there be competition to, what has become known, as “the beautiful game”? So to consider the 2038 World Cup, I have created a brief scenario to explore some of the changes we might see. You can learn more about me and my work by

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00:10:56

Reinventing Government with Michael Mascioni

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/11/02

In the past, the notion of reinvented government might have been associated with performance management to sharpen the public services saw. But are we now on the precipice of a new era where revolutionary restructuring might underpin, support, and enable the delivery of effective public services? And what role might innovation, entrepreneurship, and new and emerging technology play in the re-shaping of government into the future? To discuss Reinventing Government I am delighted to welcome back

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00:23:52

Is the Future of Intelligence AGI? with David Wood

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/10/09

Artificial Intelligence is a concept of building a machine capable of thinking, acting, and learning like humans. There is some debate about what Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) actually is – or could be - and even if something approaching AGI is achievable or even desirable. But let’s go with this: AGI is the intelligence of a machine that could successfully perform any intellectual task that a human being can. So in this episode of the podcast, I want to take stock of where we are in the

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00:21:01

Humanity in Future Organisations with Alessandra Marazzi

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/09/06

I often reflect on the pace and scale of change in our world – very often technology enabled – and the challenge of enabling a more human future. Perhaps increasing the role of humans in our future seems unlikely given what we see of the potential for organisations – both public and enterprise – to adopt and embrace increasingly sophisticated and pervasive automation technologies. But it is precisely this transition that requires us to consider ways of enabling more humanity at the heart of our

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00:08:54

Future Workplaces and Work with Steve Wells

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/07/27

The future of work is often spoken about at events all over the world. Of course, there are implications for where we work too. The topic of remote, on-site, and hybrid working is a major topic of debate as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. But what are the challenges for corporate real estate, from design, build, to occupation and services? How might the future of work impact the future of workplaces? To consider Future Workplaces and Work I am drawing on my contribution to a panel discussion at a

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00:20:34

Humanity's Relationship With the Natural World with...

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/06/28

Our world today has been created through a consumption mindset, but increasingly we are becoming aware of the unsustainable nature of such an approach. Our growing understanding of the complex and interconnected processes that make up the fragile natural systems on which we ultimately all rely is increasingly shaping our political, business, and personal lives and outlook. So how might our relationship with the natural world evolve and what role could technology play in helping us enable a more

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00:24:18

Is the Future of Hotels Physical or Virtual? with...

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/06/14

The combination of smart technologies, robotics, new computing paradigms, and immersive technologies in the metaverse represent a potential sea-change across hospitality in general, and hotels specifically. Perhaps in the future we will take our holidays and business trips in virtual spaces in the metaverse and still enjoy a physical experience as well. To consider the question, “Is the Future of Hotels Physical or Virtual?” I am joined by Simone Puorto, author of the book Hotel Distribution 2050

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00:20:40

Empowering Women Through FEMTECH with Dr. Hynd Bouhia

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/06/07

What do Barbados, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Gabon, Honduras, Iceland, Lithuania, Moldova, New Zealand, Samoa, Serbia, Sweden, Tanzania, Togo, and Tunisia have in common? As of May 2022, they all have women as their Prime Minister / Head of the Nation’s Executive. And many other countries have also seen multiple occasions when women have led their respective governments. The questions is, how does global society build on these notable successes and extend the representation of women across society

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00:17:25

Artificial Uterus and the End of Childbirth? with...

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/05/31

Scientists believe babies could be nurtured in external - artificial - wombs in the future. If so, what might the implications be? For some people, the very thought may conjure ideas of Frankenstein’s monster. For others, it could represent an opportunity to save more extreme pre-term babies in a significantly safer environment than that afforded by conventional incubators, when babies’ organs are not developed well enough to survive. Premature birth, before 37 weeks, is globally the biggest cause

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00:17:42

The Death of Death with José Cordeiro

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/05/24

The duration of human life—longevity—is influenced by genetics, the environment, and our lifestyles. Environmental improvements beginning in the 1900s extended the average life span dramatically with significant improvements in the availability of food, clean water, better living conditions, reduced exposure to infectious diseases, and access to medical care. The study of longevity genes is a developing science. It is estimated that about 25% of the variation in human life span is determined by

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00:21:27

Recruitment in a Digitised World with Cathryn Barnard

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/05/17

The BBC 3 programme, Computer Says No (may not be available in your country due to copyright) explores the use of algorithm and computer-automated hiring. The automated process could be used to screen CVs and even conduct video interviews. In one example, the programme also looks into the alleged use of automated systems in letting people go. Questions raised by the programme include the impact on accuracy – and therefore the decisions taken by the systems - of race, gender, emotion, and regional UK

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00:20:38

Opportunities and Threats of a Jobless World with...

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/05/10

With a current mindset, it’s hard to see the opportunities of a jobless world created through the growth of pervasive and ever-smarter automation technologies. Commentators will often focus on the challenge presented to economies and welfare systems of high unemployment driven by technological shifts. But what if the politically-driven economic paradigm of seeking 100% employment shifts? Are there opportunities as well as risks to a world transitioning towards a jobless future? To discuss the

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00:16:55

Geopolitical Fall-out from the Russia / Ukraine...

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/05/04

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 2022, the world changed. The fall of communism and the Soviet Union had meant the end of the Cold War, as Russia began to find its place in a new world order. But the unprovoked attack on Ukraine has sent the world generally, and Europe specifically back into an antagonistic relationship with Moscow, with punishing sanctions undoing decades of “normalisation” between the West and Russia. For now, it has also largely reunited Europe and the NATO

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00:16:57

Optimising Healthcare by Optimising People with Pétur...

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/04/20

One of the greatest social challenges society faces is the provision of effective healthcare. Whether the system under examination is publicly or privately funded, the challenges are consistent; how do we ensure each patient is able to access the right intervention, at the right time, in the right place? And how does the system need to flex so that people can make informed health choices before illness sets in … and help enable a society characterised by well managed and even delayed chronic

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00:13:55

The New Future of Dining Experiences with Steve Wells

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/03/17

In this podcast, I am going to build on a previous episode exploring the future of food but this time focus on how take-away and dining-out experiences might change in the future. We will look at converging drivers and how technology could create very different dining experiences. So let’s consider: New (Old) Sources of Protein 3D Printing Use of robots in food preparation Multi-sensory Dining Experiences Three Scenarios – Future Food Experiences You can also listen to the following episodes

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00:11:57

The Future of Food in 2035 with Steve Wells

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/03/09

The future of food – particularly of meat and meat consumption – can be promoted as a “no choice” future with plant-based meat as the only viable option for human health, the good of the planet, and animal welfare. But is that the case? Are there other solutions that provide consumer choice and reap the benefits to health, the planet and animal welfare? And when we look into the solutions, what are the wider implications of a fundamental change to our food system in the future? To explore the future

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00:18:40

Future of Commodity Markets with Noah Healy

Informing Choices Mini-Pod ·

2022/03/01

A commodity market is a market that trades in primary products and materials rather than manufactured products, such as cocoa, fruit, gold, oil, and sugar. Commodity markets can include trading in a physical or a virtual space using spot prices, forwards, futures, and options on futures. The origins of these market places can be traced back over 5,000 years, but how do they work now and how might they change in the future? To discuss the future of commodity markets I am joined on the podcast by Data

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